Month: June 2018

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Episode 48 – I Plead the Fifth

In our 48th episode, Julia reads you your rights– the Bill of Rights, that is. Time to head back to Civics class and study up on the amendments of the U.S. Constitution! Later, enjoy a [totally straightforward and not mathematically-related] quiz called “27”!

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[Music: 1) The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, “Water Music from the Handel Show,” 2011. Public domain; 2)  Frau Holle, “Ascending Souls,” 2017. Courtesy of Frau Holle, CC BY-NC 3.0 license.]

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Episode 48 - I Plead the Fifth
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Episode 47 – Burn, Baby, Burn: Dante’s Inferno

In our 47th episode, Lauren drags you to hell and back via Dante Alighieri’s epic poem The Divine Comedy. Learn all about the nine circles in the Inferno and those condemned to punishments til the end of time. Later, enjoy [?] a quiz called “Disco Inferno”!

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[Music: 1) Donna Summer, “Hot Stuff,” 1979; 2)  Frau Holle, “Ascending Souls,” 2017. Courtesy of Frau Holle, CC BY-NC 3.0 license.]

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Miss Information: A Trivia Podcast
Episode 47 - Burn, Baby, Burn: Dante's Inferno
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Episode 46 – Supermarket Sweep

In our 46th episode, Julia stocks up on the history of grocery stores and supermarkets. Get a price check on the backgrounds of various national and regional supermarket chains [including, yes, Rochester’s own revered Wegmans], as well as a long receipt-sized list of all the ways that grocery stores use psychology to manipulate your shopping habits. Later, enjoy a quiz called “Clean-Up on (A)isle 5”!

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[Music: 1) The Uninvited, “Too High for the Supermarket,” 1995; 2) Frau Holle, “Ascending Souls,” 2017. Courtesy of Frau Holle, CC BY-NC 3.0 license.]

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Miss Information: A Trivia Podcast
Episode 46 - Supermarket Sweep
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Episode 45 – The Greatest Athlete Who Ever Lived

In our 45th episode, Lauren profiles the GREATEST ATHLETE WHO EVER LIVED — an amazingly talented woman named Babe Didrikson Zaharias. [Remember her name!] Learn all about Babe’s feats and records in basketball, track and field, baseball, and golf. Later, enjoy a quiz called “Babe and Babes”!

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[Music: 1) Babe soundtrack, “If I Had Words,” 1995; 2) Frau Holle, “Ascending Souls,” 2017. Courtesy of Frau Holle, CC BY-NC 3.0 license.]

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Miss Information: A Trivia Podcast
Episode 45 - The Greatest Athlete Who Ever Lived
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